| Jan 13 | Rev. Smith installed as pastor of P. [Presbyterian?] church |
| Jan. 18 | M. C. Rice's father died |
| Jan. 26 | Mrs. Wilson and Walter Ward married |
| Feb. 6 | [someone] tried to break into bank Sunday night |
| Feb. 12 | large caucus |
| Feb. 15 | a lot of campaigning for supervisor [local election] |
| Feb. 16 | "we have a Democratic supervisor elected from a black Republican town" |
| Feb. 18 | H. C. Kingsbury gave large Oyster supper in the Jones house for supporters |
| Feb. 21 | called to Emma's, she is going to be confined [Emma Herrick?--a neighbor] |
| Mar. 7 | "it is rumoured this evening that Specie payment was resumed in New York City today" |
| Mar. 9 | Eliza Nixon died, wife of Robert [also mentioned Jan 25, Jan 27 when Robert's partner Jim Taylor spent time with the Nixons after she'd gotten sick. In the 1860 census an unmarried Robert Nixon and an Eliza Taylor are both living with Robert's family. Is Eliza the sister of Jim Taylor?] |
| Mar. 11 | Mrs. Nixon's funeral, 30 carriages there |
| Mar. 18 | school exhibition |
| Mar. 21 | church meeting - trying to get enough money subscribed for a parsonage [Presbyterian]; school meeting [Robert was a trustee] |
| Apr. 18 | "report that Beadle's son got severely hurt by the cars in or near Buffalo - he was crazy" |
| May 6 | Uncle Robert Cochrane died |
| May 8 | funeral of Robert Cochrane, very large |
| May 30 | decorating soldiers' graves |
| July 17 | Mrs. Leffingwell buried |
| July 27 | Mason's barn struck by lightning last night, burned to ground |
| Aug. 11 | Henry Bells burned last night |
| Aug. 19 | Mr. Nesbitt's folks arrived from Utica, family stayed all night at Mateer house |
| Aug. 23 | marriage of Henry Loomis and Miss Driggs, Frank Hall and Miss Loomis by Mr. VanCleve [Presb. Pastor] |
| Sep. 20 | Mrs. Taylor's auction |
| Sep. 29 | fair at Fredonia |
| Oct. 10 | school trustees meeting |
| Oct. 12 | school meeting for election of trustees - Spencer, Patterson and Abbott elected; concert in Union School [concert can mean a gathering of some sort, not necessarily musical] |
| Oct. 24,25 | Northern lights visible |
| Nov. 8 | election day; great fire in Dunkirk |
| Nov. 11 | school meeting |
| Nov. 14 | Bill Munson auctioning out |
| Nov. 20 | old Mrs. Whitney buried |
| Nov. 25 | school meeting |
| Dec. 2 | ball at Westfield house; teachers paid |
| Dec. 5 | Mrs. Nye buried; lodge meeting |
| Dec. 12 | George Peglar hurt in barn [an employee of Robert's] |
| Dec. 19 | George Peglar not able to work yet |
| Dec. 19 | lodge meeting and officers' election - Robert elected secretary |
| Dec. 20 | "Good templers" had a Christmas tree |
| Dec. 25 | S. concert pm [S. = school? or sabbath?] |
| Dec. 28 | fire at J. T. Gibson's grocery and E. Bucks harness shop |
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